First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Northampton, June 16, 17, 18, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 64 runs. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c McCool b Johnston 0 lbw b Johnston 44 2 N.Oldfield lbw b Johnson 11 c McCool b Johnston 24 3 W.Barron c Hassett b Loxton 18 c Morris b Johnston 4 4 J.E.Timms b Loxton 3 lbw b Johnston 14 5 A.E.Nutter b Johnson 7 (7) b Ring 9 6 V.Broderick c Hassett b Johnson 8 lbw b Ring 21 7 *A.W.Childs-Clarke c Harvey b Ring 8 (8) c Hassett b Johnson 14 8 R.V.Divecha c Harvey b McCool 33 (5) lbw b Hamence 15 9 C.B.Clarke b Johnston 19 c Johnston b Ring 2 10 R.G.Garlick c Hassett b Johnston 2 c Hassett b Ring 0 11 †K.Fiddling not out 0 not out 3 Extras b 7, lb 2, w 1 10 b 7, lb 8, w 3, nb 1 19 —— —— 119 169 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-28 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-39 (2), 5-50 (5), 6-59 (7), 7-61 (6), 8-110 (8), 9-118 (10), 10-119 (9) FoW (2): 1-42 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-78 (4), 4-108 (1), 5-118 (5), 6-142 (7), 7-151 (6), 8-153 (9), 9-169 (10), 10-169 (8) AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes c Childs-Clarke b Nutter 11 2 A.R.Morris b Clarke 60 3 *A.L.Hassett b Nutter 127 4 R.A.Hamence b Nutter 34 5 S.J.E.Loxton b Nutter 17 6 R.N.Harvey c Barron b Divecha 14 7 C.L.McCool not out 50 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Clarke b Nutter 4 9 †R.A.Saggers c and b Broderick 1 10 D.T.Ring not out 18 11 W.A.Johnston Extras b 9, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 16 —— (8 wickets, declared) 352 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-139 (2), 3-243 (4), 4-249 (5), 5-267 (6), 6-284 (3), 7-312 (8), 8-313 (9) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnston 9.1 1 24 3 28 11 49 4 1w,1nb Loxton 15 4 22 2 1w 4 0 7 0 2w Johnson 13 7 13 3 23.4 5 46 1 Ring 15 4 31 1 (5) 19 8 31 4 McCool 8 2 19 1 (6) 3 1 2 0 Barnes (4) 3 0 4 0 Hamence (7) 4 1 11 1 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Divecha 20 2 65 1 1w Nutter 23 3 57 5 1nb Clarke 17 2 72 1 Broderick 16 2 69 1 Garlick 17 1 73 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 260-4 (Loxton 6*, Harvey 11*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 100-3 (Brookes 42*, Divecha 6*). A.L.Hassett’s 127 took 150 minutes and included 17 fours. 219